Nobel Prize for Physics, 1937.

Alfred Berhard Nobel, c1880s.

A portrait of Alfred Nobel, taken not long before his death in 1896. Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist and inventor, joined his father in the business of manufacturing explosives. He studied explosives like nitroglycerin, and discovered wa

Portrait Of Alfred Nobel

Nobel Prize for Physics, 1906.

Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony 2008

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist, engineer, and the inventor of dynamite. He amassed a fortune as an armaments manufacturer, which he used in part to establish the Nobel Prizes, awarded annually for achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine, lit